Tampa Bay Lightning vs Carolina Hurricanes

Regular season · Wednesday, April 2, 2008 · RBC Center

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2–6

Final

SOG 25–32

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Game summary

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 6-2 on Wednesday, April 2, 2008 at RBC Center. The Hurricanes outshot the Lightning 32-25.

Chad LaRose scored a hat trick. Eric Staal, Martin St. Louis, Scott Walker, Tuomo Ruutu and Jeff Halpern also scored.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
TBL	1	0	1	2	25
CAR	2	2	2	6	32

Scoring

1st period

Eric Staal (37)Erik Cole (28), Bret Hedican (15)0–100:32 CAR
Martin St. Louis (25)Jussi Jokinen (25), Vincent Lecavalier (51)1–108:24 TBL · PPG
Chad LaRose (9)Eric Staal (44), Trevor Letowski (9)1–216:10 CAR

2nd period

Chad LaRose (10)Tuomo Ruutu (22), Joe Corvo (33)1–304:31 CAR
Scott Walker (14)Dennis Seidenberg (14), Frantisek Kaberle (22)1–408:08 CAR · PPG

3rd period

Tuomo Ruutu (10)Sergei Samsonov (22), Dennis Seidenberg (15)1–502:09 CAR · PPG
Jeff Halpern (20)Martin St. Louis (57), Vincent Lecavalier (52)2–515:46 TBL · PPG
Chad LaRose (11)Erik Cole (29)2–618:21 CAR

Team stats

TBLCAR

25Shots on goal32

63%Faceoff %37%

2/6Power play2/6

12Penalty minutes12

23Hits27

8Blocked shots13

4Giveaways2

7Takeaways7

Penalties

1st 03:51Doug Janik · slashing2 min
1st 07:55Keith Aucoin · tripping2 min
1st 10:14Vincent Lecavalier · tripping2 min
2nd 01:42Tuomo Ruutu · slashing2 min
2nd 06:46Andreas Karlsson · hooking2 min
2nd 08:39Mike Smith · roughing2 min
2nd 17:55Tuomo Ruutu · hooking2 min
2nd 19:57Vincent Lecavalier · interference2 min
2nd 19:57Vincent Lecavalier · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
3rd 06:04Chad LaRose · high sticking2 min
3rd 15:08Eric Staal · tripping2 min
3rd 19:55Joe Corvo · high sticking2 min

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